Historic Plaque, Colonel Isham Chisum Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Historic Plaque, Colonel Isham Chisum

Creator

  • Photographer: Belden, Dreanna L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 2005-10-26
  • Digitized: 2005-11-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of a historic plaque. It reads "Colonel Isham Chisum (1818-1884) One of the leading early citizens of Kaufman County. Represented the county in Texas Secession Convention, Jan. - March 1861. Later in 1861, he fought in Confederate Cavalry of Col. Tom Green in New Mexico campaign. As Colonel of 2nd Partisan Rangers, Walker's Division, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (La.), in Red River campaign to prevent a Federal invasion of Texas in 1864. A cousin of Jesse Chisholm, who pioneered famous Chisholm Cattle Trail, and of cattle baron John Simpson Chisum, Col. Chisum married Charlotte Martin. They have many descendants in Texas. (1971)"

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Monuments
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - Civil War
  • Named Person: Chisum, Isham
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - United States - Texas - Kaufman County
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Landmarks - Historic Markers

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Kaufman County - Kaufman
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 2005-10-26
  • Place Point: north=32.58997267990524; east=-96.31133041452637;

Collection

  • Name: Photographing Texas
    Code: TP

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: dscn1591
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth6664
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